PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Harry Entei (ranked 2305 p4p, 241 weight class) and John Johnson (ranked 4082 p4p, 360 weight class). Johnson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Diddy - Dirty Money - Coming Home ft. Skylar Grey. Harry Entei has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Entei
vs
Johnson

177 cm
20
155 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

150 cm
25
130 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harry Entei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Entei lands a really nice looking cross but Johnson seems unphased.

Johnson is rocked!
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Entei as he jumps to the side.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Entei finish him?
Entei throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson with the counter takedown but Entei avoids it easily.
Johnson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Johnson dives in and grabs Entei's left leg, looking for a takedown. Entei pushes down on Johnson's head and hops out.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Harry Entei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Johnson.
Johnson shoots for a double leg takedown but Entei sprawls well. He's pushed Johnson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Entei throws a counter high kick but Johnson was just alert enough to avoid it.

Entei gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Johnson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Entei not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Johnson with a nice head shot there.
Johnson tries to free his leg and advance position but Entei is retaining full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johnson landing some decent shots from guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Entei will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Entei looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Entei knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.
Entei not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Entei is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Gizmo's Gym that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Entei manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johnson manages to get himself to full guard.

Entei passes Johnson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Entei thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.

Entei is trying to work for a kimura but Johnson is defending well.

Entei is working for a kimura but Johnson is defending it quite comfortably.
Johnson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Johnson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Entei looking to pass the guard.
Entei stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
Entei has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Entei postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Entei preventing the sweep.
Johnson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Entei manages to get himself to full guard.

Johnson landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Johnson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Johnson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Entei working a defensive guard here.
Johnson lands a couple of digs.
Entei is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson is in close to Entei's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Entei looking for a sweep. Not yet Entei, not yet.
Johnson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Entei is trying to keep Johnson in close.
Johnson stops Entei from standing up.
Entei on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Entei tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson stands up over Entei, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
Johnson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Johnson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johnson landing some decent shots from guard.
Entei wants to sweep but no luck.
Johnson distracts Entei with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Johnson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Johnson working some strikes from top position.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Entei is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Entei is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Johnson landing with the ground and pound.
Johnson works over Entei with some ground and pound from guard.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Entei will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Entei is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Entei is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Johnson postures up and lands a big shot to Entei's brow.
Entei is trying to control the position from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Johnson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson is in close to Entei's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Entei wants to stand and escape but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson is working Entei over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Johnson postures up and lands a big shot to Entei's brow.
Entei is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Johnson is controlling him.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
Johnson stands up over Entei, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Johnson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Johnson moves out of range of the leg kick from Entei.
Johnson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Entei pinned against the cage. Entei gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson dives in for a single leg takedown but Entei sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Harry Entei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Johnson.
Johnson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Johnson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Entei tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt

and Entei counters with a head kick that drops Johnson to the mat! Johnson scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Entei explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Johnson fails with the takedown
and Entei counters with a nice kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson darts in looking for a takedown but Entei gets double underhooks and turns Johnson into the cage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Entei, as that shot connected.
Entei lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Entei circles away easily
and Entei counters with a monster head kick that knocks Johnson out cold! He topples like fallen a tree, crashing to the mat! Timbeeeeeerrr!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Harry Entei!
Harry Entei decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.